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THE KRANJIČ BEEHIVE
In this country there are special little houses for bees in which the apiarists normally in spring put the beehives and open the holes. The fame of Carniola Duchy 1689 J.V.Valvazor (1641 -1693)
Already in the 17th century J.V. Valvazor mentioned that the apiarists in Carniola beekept in special houses. These houses the baron Rothschutz called kranjič beehives. With this name he wanted to emphasize the root of the bees. This name corresponded also to Jan Strgar and other traders in bees who traded all over the world. Anton Janša our greatest teacher of apiculture beekept with Carniolan bees in Vienna. The particularity of kranjič beehive is that the front board is decorated with paintings. This decoration reached the climax in the 19th century. Because of the beginnings of the apiculture in Carniola the bees of this part of Slovenia got the name karnika or Carniolan bee. The original material of painted beehives is in the Museum of Apiculture in Radovljica.
THE FARMER`S PACK FOR CARRYING THE KRANJIČ BEEHIVES
The apiarist carried the kranjič beehives to the pasture in order to have always enough honey. It was difficult to carry more beehives at the same time therefore he made a pack. The packs were different sizes and made according to the body measures as they carried two, three or more beehives. Our greatest apicultural teacher Anton Janša carried the beehives on pack to Vienna, where he also beekept. The original material of packs is in the Museum of Apiculture in Radovljica. As the author of this product I have got from the Slovene Chamber of Trade the certificate for: a high quality made miniatures of the Slovene kranjič beehives as a single product or in pack, a typical handmade products under the No. 4568 of the Slovene cultural trade. Robert Sodja
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